Implementation Plan for Goal 4.
Information Competencies and Instruction Program

The Library will develop, in consultation with faculty, a cross-college information competencies instruction program to educate students in the use, evaluation, and management of information resources.

Strategy	Responsibility	Time Frame	Tasks
Instruction Forum	Strategy and Planning Council and Research Services Committee Instruction Forum and Research Services Committee Instruction Forum	Complete by October 2005 Begin October 2005 Establish agenda and possible schedule for tasks by December 2005	Create a forum of all librarians who are involved with instruction and the development of information competencies. The purpose of this forum will be to network and communicate with each other about their various individual and library-specific activities, participate in continuing education activities related to library instruction, and coordinate instruction activities with each other where feasible. A convenor who will serve for a one year term; will a member of the Research Services Committee. Two other members will be selected to work with the convenor as a planning team for the Instruction Forum. This group of three will receive charges and direction from the Research Services Committee, receive input from members of the Forum, propose an agenda for the year, recommend project teams for particular projects, ensure that the group is active, report quarterly on the activities and progress of the Forum. Initially, specific tasks/projects that the forum should consider are Development of model job description statements appropriate for librarians involved in instruction. Identify needs for continuing education for staff—theory and practice, technology, assessment. Survey the Vanderbilt faculty to find out which competencies they perceive Vanderbilt students most need to learn, based on the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. Develop a set of base level competencies and methods for achieving those. Develop and implement a strategy for using OAK as the primary platform for students to learn information competencies. Develop and/or acquire the necessary online tools for development of web-based instruction. Develop a means for assessing the impact and effectiveness of library instruction.
Information Literacy/ Instruction Agenda	Instruction planning team and Forum; Research Services Committee; Strategy and Planning Council	January 2006	Determine feasibility and priorities from tasks/projects above for the year’s agenda
Position Descriptions	Library Directors Council, Instruction Librarians	January 2006	Review position descriptions of librarians involved in instruction to ensure that library instruction, its promotion, and its assessment are given sufficient priority among their responsibilities and that instruction librarians have the time and resources to accomplish their instruction responsibilities effectively.